Profundiconus

Profundiconus
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Profundiconus lani (Crandall, 1979)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Profundiconus
Kuroda, 1956
Type species
Chelyconus profundorum
Kuroda, 1956
Synonyms
  • Conus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956
  • Lizaconus da Motta, 1991

Profundiconus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

As the name of the genus suggests, these species live in deep water. It is presumed that they are vermivorous.

This genus is the type genus of the subfamily Profundiconinae Limpalaër & Monnier, 2018. This is an alternate representation for the family Conidae.

Species

Species brought into synonymy

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